SUMMARY:

• 14 years of Information Technology experience in all phases of SDLC using various tools and technologies.
• Certified ITIL Foundation, IT Service Management ISO/IEC 20000 Information security awareness professional.
• Expert in Release Management Process, Implementation knowledge on retail and commercial banking solutions.
• Extensively worked on all latest tools for release management process TFS 2012/2013, Subversion, GIT, Visual Source Safe and StarTeam .
• Expert in Product and Project developments using C ,ASP.NET, Java, PowerBuilder, MUMPS, Visual Basic, ASP, COM/DCOM, Scripting Shell PERL , Database Oracle, MUMPS, Sybase Sql-Server .
• Expert in Go-live performance monitoring and reviews for all the Windows/Unix servers.
• Expert in Unix AIX Administration, Shell scripting and Windows 2012 R2 Server administration, IIS Configuration and Deployment activities.
• Expert in databases design like Oracle, Sql-Server, Sybase, GT.m.
• Expert in writing SQL, PL /SQL, Stored Procedures, Triggers using Oracle 11g/12g database.
• Expert in TOAD, PL /SQL and Data warehouse Developer.
• Expert in 24/7 Support, Incident resolution co-ordination with the development teams.
• Expert in root cause analysis for database errors and detailed reporting on post production analysis for the hard core bank data center environment.
• Expert in documenting Technical and Application design for web and banking projects.
• Excellent team player with excellent communication skills.
• Good exposure to XML based transactions using XML, XSLT Schemas.
• Good in Managing Team members to ensure team's day-to-day activities Build Release Management, Database Back-up, Replication log, DB growth monitoring, refreshing data for development and business analysis, Monitoring Servers, physical health check, Resolving incidents with the use of remedy tool and mentoring new hires in the team.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Role: TFS2010/2012 Build Release Lead

Responsibilities:

• Develop and Maintain the release schedule for all core services and ensure alignment across key partners.
• Identify release scope and ensure release packages compatibilities with each other.
• Identify and track key metrics.
• Communicate schedule, activities and status.
• Manage multiple releases simultaneously.
• Track and communicate release issues risks.
• Build and execute on the mitigation strategies.
• Help resolve critical cross-group technical or project issues as they impact the release.
• Create release documentation and communication.
• Ensure all Release documentation is finalized at the release sign-off.
• Identify and implement improvements in the current release process.
• Build effective relationships with engineering leaders and key stakeholders.
• Interact with other organizations and functional teams to identify and coordinate dependencies between systems and to determine release requirements in pre/in/post release phases.
• Interaction with Service Management to facilitate knowledge transfer and provide early life support. Provide release documentation release notes, test summary report, known errors enable service management to asses risk in production and ensure that the release process complies with all certifications.
• Interaction with Quality Engineering team to ensure all the services components are signed off on time and ready for CM ensure that the current state of the release items are categorized and accurate test complete, test incomplete, automation verified, etc
• Interaction with Production Deployment Operations to ensure production deployment to all data centers happens according to the release schedule and the production deployment plan manage mitigations and/or backup plan in case of issues.
• Interaction with Configuration management team to ensure all the packages for the signed off services components are created and ready for handoff to Production Deployment Operations.
• Extensively used source management tools like Subversion, GIT, StarTeam, Visual Source Safe, Microsoft TFS2010/2012 and MS Build, Maven/ANT Build Tools.
• Strong working knowledge on Powershell scripting, Unix Kshell Scripting and Ant scripting.
• Good in Capacity planning, Incident monitoring and Integrating new tools/technologies for build and release management.
• Hands on coding knowledge and expertise in latest VS2010/VS2012 and Biztalk deployment activities.
• Easily adapt to newer technologies as and when required. Having knowledge on Nexus repository Tool.

Environment: C , ASP.NET 4.0, TFS2010/TFS2012, POWERSHELL, VBSCRIPT, ORSYP Batch Scheduler.

Confidential

Role: Senior Specialist

Responsibilities:

• 24/7 Banking Product and application support, Build Release management activities in ING Bank.
• Implement and maintain the Change Management infrastructure including source repository management, tool/environment troubleshooting, upgrades, migrations, and disaster recovery.
• Design and implement improvements to Change Management practices.
• Deploy software builds. Improve and streamline build and build processes using change and release management tools.
• Track and package all components of the software release that comprise a full working system as the end product. These items may include build deliverables code , data, data structure, content, software packages, software configuration files and instructions, etc. Collate this information to create a comprehensive set of Release Notes.
• Deploy the release to pre-release environments using the preliminary release notes. Refine and test the deployment continuously through the promotion and roll-back of environments as needed.
• Create and maintain documentation on processes, procedures, and policies related to above tasks. Ensure that documentation is current and comprehensive.
• Work collaboratively with Developers and advise the Manager of Application Operations on improvements and efficiencies.
• Excellent working experience in Subversion/TFS/MS Team Build 2010/TFS Build Server Configuration tools
• Build Automation using MS Build TFSbuild.proj /DOS Scripting/VB Scripting/ Perl Scripting
• Experience in MSI, InstallShield, Hudson Continuous Integration, GIT,Ant scripting.
• Strong knowledge in Shell/PERL scripts is used to simplify repeated daily tasks.
• Responsible for merging patch codes in releases, maintaining the integration systems and source code repositories
• WAR files deployment using Tomcat Build software for each releases
• Day-to-day application support activities of ING Bank.

Environment: C , PowerBuilder10.5, Oracle 10g, Sybase12.5, GT.m DB, StarTeam, PERL/Shell Scripting, AIX/Linux Administration, BMC Remedy, TFS, Subversion, GIT, Jenkins

Confidential

Role: Lead - Application Development

Project Engagements:- Core Banking Profile Product

• Primary responsibilities include:
• FIS Core Banking product- Profile Application Development, Design and Maintenance.
• AIX/LINUX Administration, Profile Build Release Management.
• GT.M Database Administration of Profile servers.
• Data warehousing extract designer for the banking analysis reporting tool.
• Excellent working knowledge on PL/SQLSQL queries joins, Query fine tuning.
• Functional knowledge on Payment clearing systems like BACS,CHAPS,FPS and Savings/Loans Card Processing.
• Provided BAU Business-As-Usual 24/7 profile development support and project enhancements for ING-UK and ING-NL Banks.
• Primarily responsible for involving in all activities of Application Development and Maintenance.
• Coordinating with Onsite Team for requirement, resolution of issues and development progress.
• Analyzing and recommending solutions to meet business, functional and high-level technical requirements as subject matter expert.
• Determining programming approach, tools, and techniques to best meet business requirements.
• Program Design - Mastery of programming tasks for complex applications and has provided leadership in all tasks and activities required to complete a programming design phase.
• Programming - Has played a lead role in all tasks and activities required to complete programming tasks for complex applications and experience with full system implementations.
• Managing process/complex problem resolution and recommending best practices for production-level code support, troubleshooting and maintenance.
• Program Documentation - Demonstrated ability to translate detailed and complicated technical ideas into easily understood documents.
• Program Testing - Skilled at testing between programs for an entire system-demonstrated use of terminal debugging systems and inter program/interlibrary text editing.
• Creating test plans and organizing code test reviews including tracking and resolution of complex defects.
• Ensuring code reviews are conducted and quality standards are achieved for changes, enhancements, standards compliance and systems interoperability.
• Preparing and packaging production-ready code modules to staging with proper communications to QC, developers, and management.
• Mentoring and coaching peers, colleagues and less experienced developers.

Project Details: PROFILE Core Banking Software

Description:

• Fidelity Profile is an on-line, real time retail banking system, or transaction processing engine. It provides integrated customer functions, teller functions, account management functions deposits loans , funds transfers, back office functions, and so forth. It is platform independent: It can run on VAX/VMS, UNIX, Linux, and others.
• Fidelity Profile for Windows is the GUI client to Profile, focused on providing branch-oriented functionality. It runs on Windows NT and on Windows desktops. The primary goals of this offshore development center ODC is to provide software development services at a lower cost than existing onshore capability, while at the same time increasing both productivity and quality. The objective for the offshore ODC to be a functional organization on its own with capabilities to do Business analysis, analyze market trends, suggest improvements changes, analyze impact and estimate, carry out software design, create detailed designs and development, Test and take them all the way through packaging and implementation. The ODC would become autonomous in due course of time with ability to solve vast majority of its problems without outside assistance.

Enhancements done during the tenure:

• Password Validation Module for ALLSTATE Bank
• Data Base Independent Enhancements Profile Versions from 6.4 to 7.2
• Conversion of old MUMPS project to a newer PSL Project, Database Independent to Oracle from MUMPS database. Front end application changed to Profile Direct Java Web Client from PowerBuilder software's Profile for Windows .
• Involved in the conversion of system areas Card Management, Transaction processing, Agents and Commission processing .
• Patriot Act Section 326
• John Deere Profile Customizations and Credit Enhancements
• FEMA USA Regulatory
• Homeowners Protection Act HOPA
• Payment Systems Outgoing, Incoming
• Savings account Upgrade

Environment: Java, PowerBuilder10.5, MUMPS, Oracle 9i, PL/SQL, StarTeam, Extra Personal Client 32 bit on Windows workstation, Sanchez Application Studio, Shell Scripting